Hi Kirk, Lilo never executes. I have a 5 second timeout specified and a control-G placed in a boot message, but there is not sign that lilo ever gets run. As for the kernel options, I am using the stock speakup.i kernel from the Slackware 8.1 distribution which seems to have those choices included on other systems, but I can check the config file to see for sure. As for raid hardware, I don't remember seeing anything about that in the specs, and I sure don't need any raid hardware, but that too I will check out. The kernel by the way is 2.4.18. Thanks for the ideas. Hope you are getting along okay. Chuck On 18 Jan 2003, Kirk Reiser wrote: > Hi Chuck: Boy frustrating and confusing. I can't tell you what it is > but here's some more data to collect which may help resolve the > problem. First of all lilo. Can you hit a shift key after the boot > up beep and get a boot prompt using the hard drive? This test is to > test if infact it is seeing the drive at all? > > It almost sounds like an addressing problem between linear block > addressing and the older style. Is lba mode turned on in the advanced > bios settings? > > What do you have compiled into your kernel? Is dma and udma used by > default when available compiled in? > > Is there raid hardware on the new mother board? I have heard of folks > having problems with raid hardware but nothing specific. > > Well, that's it for now. Check those out and see what you have. > > Kirk > > -- The Moon is Full So visit me sometime at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh
